HCAC Places Four Players on D3football.com All-North Region First Team

MINNEAPOLIS, MN – The Heartland
Collegiate Athletic Conference placed four athletes on the
D3football.com All-North Region first-team. Franklin
College’s Kyle Ray (Trafalgar, Ind./Indian
Creek) and Chad Schenkel (Carmel,
Ind./H.S.) were selected as members of the first team
offense. Anderson’s Jared Millikan (New Castle,
Ind./H.S.) and Defiance’s Kyle Longsdorf
(London, Ohio/H.S.) earned a spot on the first team
defense.

Ray and Schenkel guided the Grizzlies to an 8-0 conference
record during the regular season and earned a spot on the All-HCAC
first-team. Ray, a senior quarterback for FC, finished the year
completing 69.9% of his passes for 3,104 yards and 35 touchdowns to
earn the HCAC Offensive Most Valuable Player award. Schenkel,
a senior center for the Grizzlies, anchored the Franklin offensive
line as FC led the HCAC with 474.3 yards and 45.6 points per
game.

Anderson junior defensive back Jared Millikan guided the Ravens
to a 3-5 conference record during the regular season and earned a
spot on the All-HCAC first-team. Millikan finished the season
with 34 tackles, 11 interceptions and 10 pass breakups, including
three touchdowns on returns. He led the nation in interceptions and
interception returns for touchdowns.

Defiance senior safety Kyle Longsdorf led the Yellow Jackets
defensive unit as the purple and gold placed second in the
conference standings. The senior was named the HCAC Defensive
Most Valuable Player this season and led all NCAA Division III
defensive backs with 139 tackles during the regular season.
Along with setting a career high in stops, Longsdorf added
4.5 sacks, four interceptions and eight passes defended to anchor
the Yellow Jacket defensive unit.

The three All-North Region teams are selected by North Region
sports information directors and D3football.com staff. The
selections were made from 204 nominations from the Division III
member schools of the region.